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2025-2026 Academic Catalog

History Education, 6-12 Certification, BA

Location(s): Traditional

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Foundation Courses: 35 hours

Foundations for College Success

FCS 1010 - Intro. College Life And Christian W 1 hours

Effective Communication

ENG 1010 - English Composition I 3 hours
OR
ENG 1030 - Advanced Freshman Composition I 3 hours
ENG 1020 - English Composition II 3 hours
OR
ENG 1040 - Advanced Freshman Composition II 3 hours
COM 1010 - Introduction To Communication 3 hours

Select one of the following:

ENG 2110 - Intro To Literature: American I 3 hours
ENG 2111 - Intro to Lit.: African American Lit 3 hours
ENG 2112 - Introduction To Literary Studies 3 hours
ENG 2115 - Intro To Literature: American II 3 hours
ENG 2120 - Intro To Literature-British I 3 hours
ENG 2125 - Intro To Literature British II 3 hours
ENG 2140 - Intro To Literature: World I 3 hours
ENG 2145 - Intro To Literature World II 3 hours
ENG 2151 - Children’S Literature 3 hours
ENG 2161 - Intro: C.S. Lewis 3 hours
ENG 2163 - Intro. To Literature: Jane Austen 3 hours
ENG 2170 - Intro To Literature: Southern Amer 3 hours
ENG 2172 - Intro To Lit: American Bus. Culture 3 hours
ENG 2180 - Intro To Literature: Colonial Literature 3 hours
ENG 2190 - Intro To Literature: Span. & Latin 3 hours

Biblical Perspective

CST 1011 - Survey Of The Old Testament 3 hours
CST 1012 - Survey Of The New Testament 3 hours

Historical & Social Perspective

Choose 1: 3 hours

HIS 1020 - Modern Civilization Since 1648 3 hours *
HIS 2010 - Dev. Of Civilization To 1648 3 hours
HIS 2050 - American Civilization I 3 hours
HIS 2060 - American Civilization II 3 hours

Choose 1: 3 hours

ECO 2100 - Principles Of Microeconomics 3 hours
POS 2110 - American Government 3 hours *
PSY 1010 - Intro. To Psychology 3 hours
SOC 1010 - Introduction To Sociology 3 hours

Artistic Expression 3 hours

Choose 1: 3 hours

ART 1500 - Art Fundamentals: Design 3 hours
ART 2010 - Art, Culture, And Values 3 hours
DAN 2260 - Dance Appreciation 3 hours
MUS 2030 - Music Appreciation 3 hours
MUS 2430 - World Music 3 hours
THE 2250 - Theatre Appreciation 3 hours

Quantititative & Scientific Reasoning

Choose 1: 4 hours

BIO 1010 - General Biology I 4 hours
BIO 1011 - Biology Lab I 0 hours
BIO 1020 - General Biology II 4 hours
BIO 1021 - Biology Lab II 0 hours
CHE 1030 - General Chemistry I 4 hours
CHE 1031 - Chemistry Lab I 0 hours
EAS 2010 - Physical Geography 4 hours
EAS 2011 - Physical Geography Lab 0 hours
EAS 2020 - Geology 4 hours
EAS 2021 - Geology Lab 0 hours
NAS 1010 - Physical Science I 4 hours
NAS 1011 - Physical Science I Lab 0 hours
NAS 1020 - Physical Science II 4 hours
NAS 1021 - Physical Science II Lab 0 hours
PHY 1030 - General Physics I 4 hours
PHY 1031 - General Physics I Lab 0 hours

Choose 1: 3 hours

MAT 1060 - Math For Liberal Arts 3 hours
MAT 1110 - College Algebra 3 hours
MAT 1120 - Precalculus Math 3 hours
MAT 2610 - Calculus I 4 hours

Bachelor of Arts Language Requirements: 9 hours

Choose a language and complete the respective courses:

French

FRE 1500 - French Language I 3 hours
FRE 1510 - French Language II 3 hours
FRE 2500 - French Language III 3 hours
FRE 2510 - French Language IV 3 hours

Greek

CST 2111 - Introductory To Biblical Greek I 3 hours
CST 2112 - Introductory To Biblical Greek II 3 hours
CST 2113 - Introductory Biblical Greek III 3 hours

Hebrew

CST 2011 - Introductory Biblical Hebrew I 3 hours
CST 2012 - Introductory Biblical Hebrew II 3 hours
CST 2013 - Introductory Biblical Hebrew III 3 hours

Spanish

SPA 1500 - Spanish Language I 3 hours
SPA 1510 - Spanish Language II 3 hours
SPA 2500 - Spanish Language III 3 hours
SPA 2510 - Spanish Language IV 3 hours

Major Courses: 18 hours

ECO 2100 - Principles Of Microeconomics 3 hours
HIS 2010 - Dev. Of Civilization To 1648 3 hours
HIS 2050 - American Civilization I 3 hours
HIS 2060 - American Civilization II 3 hours
HIS 2310 - Intro To Hist. Methods 3 hours
HIS 3140 - Ga. History & Literature 3 hours

European History: Choose 2 courses 6 hours

Choose 1 of the following: 3 hours

HIS 3020 - Greece & Rome In The Ancient World 3 hours
HIS 3050 - Early Modern Europe 3 hours
HIS 3200 - Renaissance & Reformation 3 hours

Choose 1 of the following: 3 hours

HIS 3380 - The Holocaust And Genocide 3 hours
HIS 4230 - Europe In The World 3 hours
HIS 4270 - Modern Europe 3 hours

World History: 2 courses, choose 1: 6 hours

HIS 3350 - Politics Of Developing States 3 hours
POS 3350 - Politics Of Developing States 3 hours

Choose 1 of the following: 3 hours

HIS 3260 - Latin American Studies 3 hours
HIS 3300 - Atlantic World 3 hours
HIS 3400 - China & East Asia 3 hours
HIS 3410 - The Muslim World 3 hours

U.S. History: Choose 2 courses: 6 hours

Choose 2 of the following:

HIS 3100 - Recent American History 3 hours
HIS 3110 - American Rev & Early Nat Period 3 hours
HIS 3130 - The Us During The War: 1914-1945 3 hours
HIS 3170 - Civil War And Reconstruction Era 3 hours
HIS 4130 - The Us In Transition, 1880-1930 3 hours

Education Courses: 42 hours

EDU 2000 - Teacher Prep Program Fundamentals 0 hours
EDU 2110 - Investigating Issues In Education 3 hours
EDU 2130 - Exploring Teaching And Learning 3 hours
EDU 2950 - Teacher Technology 3 hours
EDU 3100 - Exceptional Learners 3 hours
EDU 3260 - Measurement/Evaluation: Mg & Se 3 hours
EDU 3400 - Introduction to Middle/Secondary Education 3 hours
EDU 3420 - Teaching Reading/Hum For Adolescent 3 hours
EDU 3705 - Classroom Management: Mge & Se 3 hours
EDU 4065 - History Education: Se 3 hours
EDU 4105 - Se Field Experience Seminar 3 hours
EDU 4130 - Clinical Practice: Se 12 hours

Minimum Semester Hours for Degree: 122 hours

Other Graduation Requirements:

A cumulative 2.0 GPA.
The minimum acceptable grade in a course required of or applied to the major or minor is “C”. ENG 1010 and ENG 1020 must be passed with a “C” or better.

* Required course for History Education major
** Course must be taken at Shorter University

Additional graduation requirements apply to all education majors. Requirements are based on state and national guidelines, and education majors must meet all graduation requirements in existence at the time of their graduation. Current requirements may be found in the Teacher Preparation Program Handbook. All HIS courses count in Content GPA.

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